System for packing and shipping telephone apparatus.



A. M. HAUBRICH. SYSTEM FOR PACKING AND SHIPPING TELEPHONEVAPPARATUS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAYvzs. 1913.

1;. 1 8,998', I Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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SYSTEM FOR PACKING AND SHIPPING TELEPHONE APPARATUS'.

' APPLICATION FILED MA Y23VI9I3.I

1,218,998. v, Patented Maf. 13,1917.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1913.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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I f/766565 f imi ALEXANDER M, HAUBRICI-I, OFICHICAG'O, ILLINOIS, lASSIGNOR TO STROMBERG-CARLSON TELEPHONE MANUIEAC'JIUIRNGrCOMPANY,` OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A. CORPORA- '.rIoN or NEW YORK.

sYs'rEM Foa rAcKiNG Nn To all whom/ it may concern: f

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER Mi 'HAU'B- I RICH, ,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, ofllli'nois, 'usefullmprvement in Systemsvfor Packin the county of Cook and State have invented a certain new and in'g'iand Shipping Telephone Apparatus, of which .the following is a full, clear, concise, and-exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming apart of this specification. v y

Myinvention relates to an improved sys- Y tem of., packing and" shipping telephone apparatus',f1and also t9 an improved .constructionoflapparatus by which itrmay readily be takeriapart so as to be temporarily packed in separate arts to facilitate'bringing the packages within ythe prescribed limits of weight and size laiddown by the carrier.- 1

More specifically, my invention vcontemplates f 'constri loting wall telephones in such and some other smallerfparts, mayv readily be packed in two separate packages, eachof 'which is Within the llmits'of weight and size `above-referred to. Y l Mv invention is of particular value 1n connection with the shipment of telephones by country,

ceiving Station.

.post regulations it would the recently-'inaugurated parcel post system of the United-States Post .Oiiice Department,

'since by it telephones may be shipped very .4 farmers throughout the wherever they are'located, and the 4conveniently t telephones will be delivered directly the urchasers door; Whereas, if the telephones could `not be brought withinl thel limits of weight and size prescribed by the. parcel be necessary to ship by some other means, and as a result the purchaser would necessarily be obliged to make a special trip, frequently of considerable length, to get the telephone from the restructed 'previous Specification of Letters Patent. "appiieatipn flied May 23,

Wall telephones as conf' to my invention and as SHIPPING TELEPHONE PPARATUEJ.

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commonly shipped heretofore, have exceeded the limits placed upon packages which may v be shipped by parcel post; and before my present invention the construction of wall A telephones has not permitted of their/ being readily taken apart at the factory, packed in separate packages which will readily come yvvithinthe limits of the parcel lpost system,

and which will permit the purchaser to readily place vthe separated` parts together in proper position. to constitute the compite telephone; By my present inventionlthe circuit .connections are specially yarranged so 4that they may be made by anypersomhowever inexperienced,in orderto connect the different parts theI separation of the parts for shipping and the use of circuit connections of the vkind employedpermits a the telephone cabinet which particularlyfacilitates the construction of the telephone at novel' method of Wiring together; andv furthermore,

the factory. As a part of my invention 75 also employ distinctlve means for indicating to the purchaser that the severalseparate packages containing the diiierent parts of the telephone are, vin fact, a part of thesame structure;- as for example, the ackage colitainingthe cabinet will have afhxed to it the caption, either by wordsdirectly upon theretol a printed label, as follows:

This is Package X containing one of three parts of the BLANK v Parcel Post 00m act'elephcne. Packages Y and should be delivered with this package at the same time, and constitute a part of this telephone.

second package containing a part of the same telephone is preferably similarly marked, as' follows: A

This is Package 'Y containing one of three parts of the l y BLANK i Parcel Post Compact Telephone. PackagesfX and Z should be de livered with this package at the. same time, and constitute a part of this telephone.` f

means of markin the the package, or a Xing The third package is preferably similarly marked, as :follows:

lo of this telephone.j`

From the identifying data' just indicated, to which'may be added a common number upon veach of the 'three packages, it will appear that the several packages, although physically separate from each otherA and coming within the provisions of the parcel post systein, are in effect a single telephone,

and remain such through the identifying data referred to. It will be understood, of course, that I do be employedto meet the requirements /of any particular construction, I have found, however, by experience,

phone may be shipped in three packages,`as referred to above, and to-be more completely described below. V

The manner of'carrying out my invention will appear more clearly from the drawings, which are as follows:

Figure 1 shows in front elevation, the cabinet of a wall telephone, together with the fixtures and wiring which are permanently secured to it, the door of the cabinet being in open position.

Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the generator mounted upon its supporting shelf and removed from the cabinet for shipment.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the shelf mounted upon the front of the door of the cabinet when the telephone is assembled, this shelf being removable for the purpose of packing the telephone.

Figf: is a perspective view of the transniitter and transmitter arm and bracket removed from the cabinet for shipment.

Fig. 5 is a view of the receiver and receiver cord, as removed from the cabinet for shipping.

Fig. 6 is a view of the switch-hook removed from the cabinet for shipping.

Fig. 7 is a view of the generator crank removed from the generator shaft to facilitate packing and shipping.

Fig. 8 is a view of the mouthpiece removed frointhe transmitter to facilitate packing and shipping.

Fig. 9 is a perspective detailed view of 60 one of the binding clamps preferably employed to connect the wiringr when the parts are properly assembled by the purchaser.

Fig. 10 is 'a perspective view of the lightning arrester used with the form of cabinet 65 shown in Fig. 1, which lightning arrester notlimit the number ofA oackafres to three as an Y other -number ma that a wall tele`y may be located at any desired point outside of the telephone. v 1 l Fig. l1 is a detailed ViewY the hook- .switch showing the nature of the connection between the switeh-hook shown in Fig. 6 and the part with which it cooperates when assimilar parts y1s made on a form in the propel' manner and inserted bodilyin the cabinet l where 'it maybe held by a few staples l2, as indicated. This does away with much of the work that has heretofore been. necessary in wiring the cabinet, for by this means there is no wiring at all which passes through openings in the cabinet body brdoor, n'or is there any wiring which'is concealed on the back of the cabinet.

The ends 13 are for connection with the.

binding connectors 14 carried by the shelf l5 which supports the generator 1G when said shelf 15 has been inserted in place in the grooves '17 formed therefor in the inner surfaces of the 'side walls of the cabinet 1'. An insulating bushing 18 is Aprovided for the line wires where they enter the cabinet 1 land a similar bushing 19 is provided for the conductors 20 Lof the receiver 21, which conductors are provided with the terminals The cabinet is provided with a screw-lock 23 for holding the door 2 in closed position when the telephone-is ready for use.

It will be understood that the generator may be of any desired type, depending upon the service to be performed; as for example, it may be eithenu plain alternating-current generatorhaving but two terminals, as indicated, or it 4may be a pulsating generator lviaving three terminals, or, in fact, any form of generator that the particular rcircumstances may require.

The push-button 10 is for the purpose of effecting so-called sure-ringing of a central ofiic on a lparty line in a manner well known i theart', by ringing between one side of tie telephone circulty and the ground connecti n, they signall atthe central oflice being similarly connected so that it will respond without ringing the/ringers on the metallic circuit of the party line. It is immaterial` where this push-button is located in the cabinet. 4

It willi` be understood that any desired telephone lcircuit may be employed in car- `rying out invention, depending upon `the I particularsystem in connection with which the telephonesare designed tov operate, the only requirement being that -the apparatus shall be Conveniently disposed inthe cabinet for carrying out the functions ofsignaling land talking and establishin-gproper circuit` conditions for the signaling and talking con ditions, .depending upon-the telephone .s 'ysk tememployed 4The various spring terminals referred dito! and 36 shovvnin Fig. vv1. .Bolts 138%' are prov vided for holding ithestrans'mitterarmin place upon thefront ofthe door of the cabinet rlhe receiver k21 issecured in proper posi'- tion in the cabinet by assing the conductors 22. through the bushing 19, .and securing the terminals 22 in the bindingclamps .8.

' 'position indicated in Fig... 1-1. Thea by.' placing the mouthpiece in the transmitter .The shelf* 41 is secured in position vupon 7 the front of the door of the cabinet by .suitable screws through the holes. indicated, and' the switch-hook 4 2 is inserted into the hooksvvitch mechanism, so that it occupies the andthe generator crank vupon the generator shaft after the line .connections and..light' Aning arrester connections have been' made," the telephone is ready'for service, assumingthat the batteries have beenplaced in the lower partoffthLcabinetand properly connected to the binding clamps 9:.,

`The telephone cabinet, in the condition ilshownin Fig. l', may constitute one of the v in one package, and the remaining .parts in thethird package, which third package will also contain the two :dry/batteries usually' used in a telephone of this type. It is to be,A

understoodthat the exact distribution ofthe packages for shipment, withacaig addition .45'

of any other parts, son that "the -weight may be kept Within the prescribedlimit for shipf ment. The vremaining parts may be packed .in two packages convenientlyby placing the generator 16 and vsome ofthe smaller parts',

a's for' example the generator. crank, the switch-hook 42 and the -lightning arrester 24,

I .parts among the several pack-ages isu notimportant, but that there maybe considerable difference in the Wayin which this is done', the essentialthing lbeing that the parts` heavy to make it undesirable to pack With the cabinet 2; A telephone instrument including a i'ly separable,`for shipment,`into units which .do not exceed a predetermined Weight, said weight being less thanthe combined weight .of allof, said elements.

packed in any one package shall not have a .total weight vor size greater than the limits prescribed for the'sliipment of these packages.

vcabinet some of the lighter parts may, if

Furthermore, for certain types of I preferred, be shipped in the cabinet, al-

4though it is generally the casefthat the cabinet itself With the parts Which it is'desirable` to secure permanently to it is'suliiciently telephone.`

When .the enerator fis in placev the 7o other of the parts of the complete cabinet it may, if. desired, be heldl there by one'or two screws through the Wall of the 754 cabinet into the shelf supporting-.the-- generator, although it is not necessary toso secure the generator in place. A

While I have shown my invention in the particular embodiment above-described, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to 'carrying o ut my inventionfin these parf ticular Ways, as I may change the 'manner of carrying outI my inventioiiin many details Without departing from the lspirit of my invention. v

What'I cla-im is: v

1, I n-a telephone, the'combination of a cabinet, a generator'shelffreniovably supported in the cabinetja generator rigidlyfse-v cured to Athe shelf,"teleplioneA apparatus mounted upon the doorlof vthe cabinet, binding lclamps mounted .Within the cabine t,a nd

wiring permanently mnunted uponthe cabi-. y `.net to connect said telephone apparatus and said."clamps, said wiring comprising a separately-formed cable ofconnectors inserted said :apparatus being readily removable for shipment.

bodily into the cabinet, said-generator and ioo cabinet, a transmitter arm anda transmitter' I .mounted thereon, a. generator mounted in said cabinet, a switch hook :extending fromsaidcabinet and vanshelf mounted ongthe 4front. faceof `said' cabinet, said cabinet having wiring for said elements groupedin a Cable vand mounted upon` theiniierwalls A thereof, said group ofv elements being read 1n witness whereof, Iv'hereunto subscribe myname this 19th day of May, A. D. :1913.A

ALEXANDER M. H AUBRICH. i Witnesses:

ALBERT C. BELL, l .L'noi iARD E. BoGUn. 

